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Sylvia Sidney (born Sophia Kosow; [1] August 8, 1910 – July 1, 1999) was an American stage, screen, and film actress whose career spanned 70 years. She rose to prominence in dozens of leading roles in the 1930s. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams in 1973.
Sylvia Sidney. Actress: Beetlejuice. Sylvia Sidney was born in The Bronx, New York City, on August 8, 1910 as Sophia Kosow to Jewish parents. Her father was born in Russia and her mother was born in Romania. They divorced not long after her birth. Her mother subsequently remarried and young Sophia was adopted by her stepfather, Sigmund Sidney.
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Jul 2, 1999 · Sylvia Sidney, whose vulnerable but spunky persona helped make her the ultimate heroine of realistic movies of the 1930's, died yesterday at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan. She was 88 and...
Jul 2, 1999 · By Richard Natale. Sylvia Sidney, whose career on stage and screen spanned seven decades, died Thursday of complications from throat cancer at Gotham’s Lenox Hill Hospital. She was 88. The...
Jul 1, 1999 · Sylvia Sydney, Sophia Kosow. Birth Place. Bronx, New York, USA. Born. August 08, 1910. Died. July 01, 1999. Cause of Death. Throat Cancer. Biography. Read More. During the Great Depression, actress Sylvia Sidney was said to possess the saddest eyes in Hollywood.
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Feisty and opinionated, Sylvia Sidney in her prime was quite the opposite of the waiflike victim of social oppression she played in Hollywood’s Depression Era films. With her breakout film, City Streets , Sidney began playing a series of roles as troubled girls wrongfully convicted of crimes.
Sylvia Sidney was an American actress who appeared in a number of movies in the 1930s and mesmerized moviegoers with her signature moist-eyed performances. She began her career as a stage artist at the age of 16 and debuted in films a year later. However, she received her first leading role in a movie at 31.
